Hay fork and hook.



PATENTED APR. 25, 1905.

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UNTTED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLIE B. CADY, OF SHENNING'TON, WISCONSIN.

HAY FORK AND HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,019, dated April25, 1905.

Application filed June 29, 1904. Serial No. 214,684.

To (LU whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, CHARLIE B. CADY, a citi' zen ofthe United States,residing at Shennington, in the county of Monroe and State oflVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HayForks and Hooks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to implements of the pitchfork type, thepurpose being to provide an article of this class which may be readilyconverted so as to be used either as a fork or a book, as may berequired for the performance of the particular work in hand.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the followingdescriptionand drawings hereto attached.

\Vhile the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which----Figure l is a perspective view of an implement embodying the invention.Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the parts on a larger scale, aportion of the handle and stem being broken away and the extremeportions of the tool being shown by full and dotted lines. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the stem, lockplate, and lock-lever separated andarranged in a group. Fig. T is a view similar to Fig. 2 of amodification.

(fol-responding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The implement comprises the handle 1, stem 2, tool 3. lock-plate t, andlock-lever The stem may be fastened to the handlel in any manner or mayconstitute a part thereof. The outer end of the stem is bifurcated, asshown at 6. and is notched in one side adjacent to the bifurcation, asindicated at-T, to receive the inner end of the shank 8 of the tool. Thetool may be of any construction to which the invention is applicable,and, as shown, consists of a fork, the shank 8 being pivoted between thebifurcations of the stem 2. As shown in Fig. 1 and by the full lines inFig. 2, the tool may be arranged in longitudinal alinement with the stemand handle, and when required it maybe turned at an angle to thestem andhandle, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, in which positionthe tool may be used as a hook or drag.

The lock-plate i is secured to the stem Zby a single fastening 9, whichmay be a bolt or machine-screw, and upon which the lock-plate is adaptedto turn. One end of the lock-plate is forked, and the cam-head 10 of thelock-lever is received between the fork members and pivoted thereto.\Vhen the lock-lever is turned down upon the stem or handle, thelock-plate is secured, and when said lock-lever is moved upward at itsfree end the lockplate is released and may be turned upon the fastening9, so as to clear the inner end of the shank Sand permit the tool 3t0 beturned so as either to aline with the stem and handle or sit at an anglethereto as required. hen the tool 3 is in longitudinal alinement withthe stem and handle, the inner end of the shank Senters the notch? andis held therein by the outer end of the lock-plate 4;. Vhen the tool isturned at an angle to the stem and handle, as indicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 2, the outer end of the lock-plate fits into the angleformed between the shaft 8 and stem 2, thereby iixing the position ofsaid tool. In this adjustment of the tool a portion of the shank 8engages with the wall between the bifurcations, which limits itsmovement in one direction, and another portion of the shank is engagedby the lock-plate :L, which limits the movement of the tool in theopposite direction. The outer end of the lock-plate is beveled and madeslightly rounding, so as to move freely when swinging it upon thefastening 9 either to engage with the shank 8 or to clear the same.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the stem 2 is let into the handle lso as to bring the head of the fork near the extremity of the handle. Aferrule 11 is fitted to the end of the handle 1 to strengthen the same,and the head of the lock-lever enters a recess in a side of said ferrulewhen the parts are locked. A reinforcement 12 is applied to the outerend of is claimed as new is 1. In an implement of the characterdescribed, the combination of a stern, a tool pivotally connected to thestem and adapted to be turned to any adjusted position, a lockplatepivotally connected to the stem and adapted to be turned either to clearor to engage With the shank of the tool, and a locklever pivotallyconnected to the lock-plate and adapted to exert a pressure against saidstem to secure the lock-plate When in engagement Witli the shank of thetool, substantially as set fort 1.

2. In a tool of the character described, the combination of a stemhaving one end bifurcated and a notch in one side in communication Withthe bifurcation, a tool having its shank pivoted between thebifurcations and adapted to enter said notch, a lock-plate pivoted tothe stem and adapted to extend over the notch to hold the shank of thetool therein or to come in the rear of said shank When the tool isturned at an angle to the stem, and means cooperating With thelock-plate for securing it in operative position, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

CHARLIE B. CADY.

Witnesses:

A. B. LARSEN, E. L. ORANFORD.

